they were just standard sealed beam lights, but no matter what brand I tried, I was never satisfied with the amount of light and road coverage.
In 2003 I bought and installed some APC crystal clear lamps that used H4 bulbs.
these looked fantastic and the light coverage on the road at night was 10 times better.
flash forward 14 years.. one of them has yellowed horribly over time, while the other still looks bright white/silver. the difference between the two really bugged me.
I had looked for another set, but APC parts like these seem to have all dried up.
I tried a couple of different things off of ebay... glass lenses, guaranteed not to yellow... well, the glass didn't, but the plastic chrome reflector inside it did.. and I would put the APCs back in.
I have had a set in a box out in the garage for some time, and finally decided to give them a go, so I installed them yesterday.
they have the LED surrounds on the sides of the lamp, I tied these into my marker lights/turn signals, so they will come on with the parking light, and flash with the signal.
hopefully they won't yellow over time, at least not quickly.
maybe next time I will go with LED headlights.
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